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AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD02 SEPTEMBER 2013
1.2 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES02 SEPTEMBER 2013
WHY IT MATTERS
GOVERNMENTS COME IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS – DEMOCRATIC OR DICTATORIAL, UNITARY OR FEDERAL OR CONFEDERATE, PRESIDENTIAL OR PARLIAMENTARY. BUT,
WHATEVER ITS FORM, GOVERNMENT HAS AN IMPACT ON NEARLY EVERY MOMENT
AND NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.
INTRODUCTION
DOES IT MATTER WHAT FORM A GOVERNMENT
TAKES?
YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINION AS YOU READ THIS
SECTION
OBJECTIVE 1CLASSIFY GOVERNMENTS
ACCORDING TO THREE SETS OF
CHARACTERISTICS
NO TWO GOVERNMENTS
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE
GOVERNMENTS ARE PRODUCTS OF HUMAN NEEDS +
EXPERIENCES
HOW DO WE CLASSIFY A G O V E R N M E N
T ?
(1) WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
(2) GEOGRPAHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
WITHIN STATE
(3) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE +
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES
OBJECTIVE 2DEFINE SYSTEMS OF
GOVERNMENT BASED ON WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY: SUPREME POLITICAL AUTHORITY RESTS
WITH THE PEOPLE
THE PEOPLE HOLD
SOVEREIGN POWER
GOVERNMENT CONDUCTED WITH CONSENT
OF THE PEOPLE
TWO TYPES OF DEMOCRACY
DIRECT OR INDIRECT
DIRECT DEMOCRACY:PEOPLE REPRESENT
THEMSELVES
INDIRECT DEMOCRACY: REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY
SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE CHOSEN TO EXPRESS
POPULAR WILL
IN A DEMOCRACY THE PEOPLE ARE SOVEREIGN
IN OTHER WORDS,
THE PEOPLE RULE
DICTATORSHIP
THOSE WHO RULE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO WILL OF
PEOPLE
GOVERNMENT IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS
ACTIONS
NOR FOR HOW THEY ARE CARRIED
OUT
OLDEST, MOST COMMON FORM OF
GOVERNMENT
TWO TYPES OF DICTATORSHIP
AUTOCRACY + OLIGARCHY
AUTOCRACY: SINGLE PERSON HOLDS
UNLIMITED POWER
OLIGARCHY: POWER HELD BY SMALL, SELF-APPOINTED
ELITE
ALL DICTATORSHIPS ARE A U T H O
R I T A R I A N
MODERN DICTATORSHIPS
ARE TOTALITARIAN
DICTATORSHIPS ARE MILITARISTIC IN
NATURE
THEY USUALLY GAIN
POWER BY FORCE
OBJECTIVE 3IDENTIFY DIFFERENT
WAYS THAT POWER CAN BE DISTRIBUTED,
GEOGRAPHICALLY, WITHIN A STATE
THE POWER TO GOVERN IS LOCATED IN ONE OR MORE
PLACES
(1) UNITARY GOVERNMENT
CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
SINGLE, CENTRAL AGENCY
UNITARY GOVERNMENT EXAMPLE:
G R E A T B R I T A I N
(2) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
POWERS DIVIDED BETWEEN CENTRAL +
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A DIVISION OF POWERS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXAMPLE:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(3) CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT
ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT STATES
POWER TO HANDLE THOSE MATTERS THAT STATES
ASSIGN TO IT
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT EXAMPLE:
EUROPEAN UNION OR USA (CIVIL WAR)
OBJECTIVE 4DESCRIBE A
GOVERNMENT BY HOW POWER IS DISTRIBUTED
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
(1) PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT
VOTERS ELECT LEGISLATIVE +
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
EXECUTIVE + LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES
ARE SEPERATE
(2) PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT
VOTERS ELECT LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPOINTS EXECUTIVE BRANCH